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Abstracts of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung
Volume 4: Freud and Psychoanalysis
000054 Freud's theory of hysteria: A reply to Aschaffenburg. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 3-9).
Freud's theory of hysteria is defended against Aschaffenburg's criticism of the role assigned to sexuality in the formation of the psychoneuroses. This criticism is directed specifically at Freud's psychology of sexuality, the determinants of hysterical symptoms, and the early methods of his psychoanalysis. Aschaffenburg accepts the view, now generally supported, that hysteria is a psychogenic illness; that surely an essential component of the psyche is sexuality. Aschaffenburg's claims that there are entirely traumatic hysterias prove only that not all cases of hysteria have sexual roots. His point is not valid unless it is demonstrated by the psychoanalytic method. He asserts that this method is autosuggestion on the part of both doctor and patient, but again there is no proof. The association experiments, which uphold the results of psychoanalysis, have nothing to do with autosuggestion, and can be repeated by anyone Aschaffenburg considers exploration of the patient for sexual ideas immoral in many cases. The decision on the use of sexual enlightenment in treatment can be made only on the basis of whether it harms or helps the individual, not on the basis of "higher" considerations. It is concluded that Freud's theory of hysteria has not yet been proved erroneous; that such proof could be supplied only by psychoanalysis; that psychoanalysis has not produced results other than Freud's; and that psychoanalysis itself has not been discredited.
000055 The Freudian theory of hysteria. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 10-24).
The development of Freud's theoretical formulations on hysteria is traced. They are defined as working hypotheses that agree with his experience, rather than a formal theory. By 1895 Freud and Breuer had concluded that psychogenic symptoms arise from feeling toned complexes of ideas that have a traumatic effect by conversion into abnormal somatic innervations (classical hysteria) or by displacement to a less significant complex (obsessional neurosis). The traumatic affect is not abreacted as in a normal person because it is incompatible with the consciousness and is repressed. The following year, the results of 13 analyses led Freud to announce that the etiology of hysteria is found in sexual traumas of early childhood. After extensive research into general sexual psychology and dream psychology, and refinement of his psychoanalytic techniques, his present views have been formulated: a. Certain perverse infantile sexual activities, which do not lead at first to symptoms of hysteria, are retained. b. At puberty, the fantasies tend in the direction of the infantile sexual activity, leading to complexes of ideas that are incompatible with the consciousness and are repressed. c. With the transfer of the libido to a love object, the struggle of the libido against the repression causes the outbreak of actual illness. It is not known whether Freud's schema can be applied to all forms of hysteria, but his findings are true of a large number of cases. Further investigation is recommended. 3 references.
000056 The analysis of dreams. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (P. 25-34).
In a discussion of Freud's work on the analysis of dreams, the dream is defined as a product of psychic activity susceptible to analysis. It is far from meaningless or a result of somatic sensation. Freud calls the confused images typical of dreams the manifest content; behind this is the essential latent content. In a dream, he asks why this particular person dreams this particular thing, since the dream is individual an in agreement with the psychological disposition of the subject. Gretchen's song in "Faust," telling of a faithful king, clearly reflects her concern with Faust's fidelity. Freud says every dream represents the fulfillment of a repressed wish. In Gretchen's song, the pain of dwelling on the real characters — herself and Faust — is too strong to be openly admitted. Similarly, wishes that form the dream thought are desires repressed because of their painful character. The mechanism that prevents the repressed thought from showing itself clearly is called the censor. Direct questioning is not useful in getting beyond the manifest content. A full association exercise may be used, or the subject may be questioned about associations attaching to the striking portions of the dream. It is difficult to get the subject to associate freely without arousing resistances. The method of overcoming resistance gradually, by finding small associations, one at a time, is illustrated by analyzing a young bachelor's dream of a dinner in company with the Pope and several attractive young ladies, in which the dreamer was constantly obliged to leave the party because of a need to urinate. The analyst asked about the dinner, the seating arrangements, the dream characters' features, etc. and the subject associated to each of these until analysis of more major elements could proceed. Study of the psychoanalytic method is recommended not only for psychiatrists and neurologists but also for psychologists.
000057 A contribution to the psychology of rumour. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 35-47).
The case of a 13-year-old girl who had been expelled from school for starting an ugly rumor about her male teacher sheds light on the psychology of rumor and shows how rumor figured in the interpretation of a dream. The youngster had simply reported a dream to her classmates. In the dream she and a sister changed into bathing suits in the presence of boys, because of lack of room; then went swimming with their teacher; rode on a steamer; took part in a wedding; went on a journey "like a honeymoon"; spent the night in a barn, again for lack of room; and the dream ended with the teacher's becoming the godfather of a woman's child. The versions of the classmates, as they identified with S in her repressed desire for sexual relations with the teacher, function as interpretations of the dream. Some are more explicit than others. Some of the versions have S riding on the teacher's back while swimming, rather than riding on a steamer; others introduce two unknown fat men (the teacher was plump) for the swim. Many other versions, reported by S's classmates who had heard her tell it, refer to "indecent" parts of the dream that the children refused to describe. S had been troublesome to the teacher, of whom she had originally been fond. After the teacher had given her a bad report, S's dream operated first as an expression of her repressed wish for sexual union with him, compensating for the hate consciously felt; and then, in the retelling as a means of getting back at him.
000058 On the significance of number dreams. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 48-55).
Examples show that number dreams reveal the unconscious roots of number symbolism, rather than conscious speculations on the symbolic relations between numbers. One example is that of a middle-aged man engaged in an extramarital love affair, whose dream involved a large number, analyzed to represent the total of important dates and ages for his family. Severe conflicts were apparent due to the patient's attachment to his family and love for his mistress. Another dream involving a number showed the patient's repressed tendency to reckon the costs of his affair. In his waking life the patient gave free rein to number fantasies, for instance celebrating, when he was 35, their hundredth birthday with his 65-year-old mother. He played with the numbers appearing in his dreams, and by association, related them to expressions of envy and wish fulfillment. Another example is given by the dream of the patient's wife. Her entire dream was: Luke 137, alluding, in various chapter/verse combinations, to passages from that book. The number has a dual representation, expressing how many children she would have had if all (including miscarriages) were living, and a repressed fantasy desiring the death of her husband. Although the patient herself was quite unfamiliar with the Bible, the content of the material found in Luke 1:37, in Luke 13:7, and in Luke 7:13, can be interpreted as expressing wishes for more children, rejection of her husband, resentment of his impotence, and the wish for him to be cured of his impotence.
000059 Morton Prince' "The mechanism and interpretation of dreams": a critical review. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 56-73).
Morton Prince's article on an analysis of six dreams of a patient is criticized as being unscientific, although Prince is commended for his interest in the controversial subject of dream analysis. Prince agrees with Freud that dreams have a meaning, that the meaning is hidden in symbols, and that memory material is needed to find the meaning. He disagrees, however, with Freud's view that every dream represents a wish fulfillment, finding that some dreams represent fear or anxiety. These dreams clearly illustrate transference to the analyst on the part of the patient, a middle aged woman suffering from hysteria! dissociation, but Prince does not interpret them that way. Dream I has not been sufficiently analyzed, as Prince ignores the significance of a man in a dressing gown, bringing firewood. Dream 2, which Prince interprets as the patient's fear that she will become ill again, can be seen as the desire to fall ill again to retain the analyst's attention. Prince sees the third dream, in which the doctor pounds the patient with a stone to hammer it into her head that he cannot be bothered with her, as nonfulfillment of her wish for his attention, but it actually represents an erotic wish. The fourth dream has been censored by Prince, unscientifically deleting '`intimacy." In the fifth dream, which Prince has made no attempt to analyze, offering instead a general impression, the patient is forced to walk through cats without making a sound. Although S had a cat phobia, the dream cats represent love, and the aphonia that persisted after the dream was a symptom with which to interest the analyst. Prince does not see any repressed wish or conflict in the sixth dream, but it concerns vengeful tortures that the patient probably desires for the analyst who is abandoning her. These dreams are insufficiently analyzed or misinterpreted because some elements are ignored and the meaning is too often taken literally instead of symbolically. It is concluded that Prince has no basis for a serious criticism of Freud's dream theory when his own methods are so lacking in scientific thoroughness. 1 reference.
000060 On the criticism of psychoanalysis. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p.74-77).
A discussion of criticism of psychoanalysis notes that the strongest antagonism comes from physicians and psychologists. Most laymen understand the truths of psychoanalysis and realize that a psychological proof must be different from a physical one. The violent resistance of professionals usually arises from scientific prejudices based on a different way of thinking. These critics attack the psychoanalytic method as if it rested on a priori principles, whereas it is actually purely empirical. Occasionally, however, the critic's scientific attitude is warped by his personal feeling. A sarcastic review by Kurt Mendel, presented in entirety, expresses repugnance at the latest work on anal eroticism, the sexuality of children, and the exposure of the vulgar aspects of sex in general. Mendel believes that Freudian teaching has opened up many new and valuable perspectives, but finds it filled with exaggeration and fantasy and questions the concept of the universality of sexual feelings. It is felt that such criticism has scientific value and deserves reading. 2 references.
000061 Concerning psychoanalysis. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 78-81).
A letter to an editor defends psychoanalysis against some of the charges brought against it. No reply is offered to critics who say the theory is wrong because they think the method is morally dangerous, or to those who claim that the facts unearthed by Freudians do not exist, as no one can assert a priori that certain facts do not exist. The sexual indelicacies that appear in psychoanalytic literature are not to be blamed on psychoanalysis itself. Medical work merely brings the fantasies to light; blame for their existence lies with our sexual morality. Psychoanalytic education covers not only sex, but every facet of life, and its goal is not to deliver man to his passions but to help him attain self-control. The concept of libido is taken in a general sense, like the instinct of preservation of the species; it does not mean "localized sexual excitation." No one should blame psychoanalysis itself because there are some clumsy and irresponsible people who misuse it for their own purposes. 1 reference.
000062 The theory of psychoanalysis. Foreword. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 83-87).
A series of lectures on the theory of psychoanalysis is introduced in an attempt to outline the prevailing attitude to the guiding principles evolved by Freud from long experience. In spite of heavy and often premature criticism, psychoanalysis has continued to flourish in Europe and America. As a scientific discipline, psychoanalysis needs to take stock of itself; this attitude has been wrongly interpreted as a "split" in the psychoanalytic movement. Although present experience does not approach Freud's extraordinary experience and insight, some more modern formulations are felt to express the observed facts better than Freud's version. This moderate criticism is intended to promote continued growth of the psychoanalytic movement. 1 reference.
000063 The theory of psychoanalysis. 1. A review of the early hypotheses. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 88-101).
A review of the early psychoanalytic hypotheses shows how some of these concepts have changed over the years. The trauma theory developed by Breuer and Freud held that neuroses were derived from a trauma in early childhood. Normally the excitation was abreacted, but was retained in hysteria. The task of therapy was to release the accumulated excitation. This "cathartic" method was bound up closely with the symptoms, in contrast to psychoanalytic techniques in use today. The concept of repression, the mechanism by which conscious content is displaced into the unconscious, is based on observation of the neurotic capacity for forgetting significant events. The concept of repression is somewhat in contradiction to the trauma theory, as it suggests an etiological theory of environment, while the trauma concept is a theory of predisposition. Pursuit of the solution to this riddle led to the theory that the childhood trauma was sexual. Freud abandoned the idea that all childhood sexual traumas had actually occurred, and it is now assumed that many of these traumas are childhood fantasies. The sexual element in a trauma is, according to Freud, chiefly responsible for its pathological effect. Precocious manifestations of sexual fantasy and their traumatic effect now seemed to be the source of the neurosis an opinion that has met opposition and indignation. The decision as to what is the truth must be left to observation and research. 3 references.
000064 The theory of psychoanalysis. 2. The theory of infantile sexuality. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 102-110).
Freud's theory of infantile sexuality is discussed, and the more modern divergence from some of these views is noted. The discovery of precocious sexual fantasies led Freud to assume the existence of a richly developed infantile sexuality. A biological conception of sexuality includes such phenomena as pregnancy, birth, natural selection, and a series of psychological and physiological functions. Sexuality may be identified with the instinct for preservation of the species, in some contrast to the instinct for self-preservation. Some of Freud's conclusions are considered untenable. Freud is inclined to see even in the infant's sucking at the mother's breast a kind of sexual act. This assumes that sexuality — preservation of the species — exists apart from the nutritive function — self-preservation — as in adults, but it is not possible to separate the two modes of the life instinct at this stage. Both intrauterine and extrauterine periods of infancy belong to an asexual stage of nutrition and growth. Acts such as sucking the fingers, while evidently pleasurable, belong more to the sphere of nutrition. These acts can lead into distinctly sexual acts, as the child derives pleasure from his own body. Freud's belief that the child's sexuality, centered on his own body, is perverse because of analogies with subsequent perversions. He then hypothesized that sexuality is divided into a plurality of several drives, giving rise to the concept of "erogenous zones" such as mouth, skin, anus, etc. The later "monomorphic" sexuality is thus conceived as consisting of several components. Perversions exist at the expense of normal sexuality; increased application of one form of sexuality follows a decrease in the application of another form. The example of a young man who was homosexual in his teens and heterosexual in his twenties, returning to homosexuality after being jilted, illustrates the mobility of the sexual components. The theory thus far does not explain how such transformations come about. Freud's conception of components was modified, to be replaced by the libido conception of energy.
000065 The theory of psychoanalysis 3. The concept of libido. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 111-128).
An extensive discussion of the concept of libido elucidates Freud's accepted definition (a basic sexual need — hunger-desire) and formulates a total libido theory to include modern research and concepts. Regarded as a dynamic unity, the libido is discussed in context of the energic theory, whereby it is compared with the laws of energy conservation. The unconscious fantasy systems are held to be objects of the libido only in neuroses Conservation of the libido involves the nature of infantile libido and the theory that abnormalities and perversions exist in childhood in latent form. Manifestations and distinctions of the libido in three phases of life — presexual prepubertal and mature — are briefly contrasted. Thoughts on sexual terminology point out the difficulty of applying them to prepubertal children, in whom intensity of the libido is not any less than in adults, though the localization of it may be different. Discussion of the libido problem in dementia praecox brings out how the patient's lack of adaptation to reality is compensated by a progressive increase in the creation of fantasies. A genetic conception perceives libido as a type of psychic energy, that manifests itself in the life process and is subjectively perceived as conation and desire. The infantile perversions as a libidinal concept round out the theory on infantile sexuality which, in turn, is important to the theory of neuroses. The nutritive function of the libido (sucking) is one of the child's transitional phases, which develops into normal sexuality at maturity. 2 references.
000066 The theory of psychoanalysis. 4. Neurosis and aetiological factors in childhood. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 129-138).
To clarify those events of childhood that lay the foundation for later neuroses, the roles of sexual predisposition, the parental complex, and general parental influences are discussed. The sexual predisposition toward neurosis is conceived as a retardation in the freeing of the libido from activities of the presexual stage. Maturity points up the retardation, leading to dissociation of the personality. The inadequacy of the trauma theory is illustrated by the case of a patient who reacted hysterically to bolting horses. A peculiar early fantasy system, rather than traumatic childhood events, is responsible for uncontrolled affect in the patient's later life. This involvement of libido in fantasy activity, rather than in real life, demonstrates partial introversion. The parental complex, in which emotions still cling to the parents' effigies, contributes to this retardation of the libido. The imitativeness of primitives and children, often to the point of inner identification with parents, explains the strength of parental influences. Many neurotics, spoiled as children and expecting the same tenderness from the outside world that they received from their families, realize the difference between the past and the present, but are unable to adapt because of the lag of emotions behind intellect. I reference.
000067 The theory of psychoanalysis. 5. The fantasies of the unconscious. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 139-150).
The concept of the unconscious, the functions of the dream, dream analysis, and the association experiment in reaching the unconscious are discussed. The unconscious, with its infantile fantasies, is considered the key to the etiology of neurosis. Remarkable parallels are evident between the fantasy products of the unconscious and ideas from mythology, though the patient may be uninformed on mythology. The dream is an effect of the unconscious, expressed in terms of conscious symbolism. Dream analysis seeks associations to images in the dream, showing their origin in the recent past. Dream material consists of elucidated memories of these experiences combined with meaningful associations and connections. The association experiment is a basically simple test by which the influence of the unconscious may be explored and certain complex indicators identified. These, in turn, point to potential disturbances. When such phenomena are cumulative, they constitute a neurosis, the effect of an unconscious constellation.
000068 The theory of psychoanalysis. 6. The Oedipus complex. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol.4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 151-156).
The most frequently occurring childhood fantasy, the Oedipus complex, is described and its development is explained. The complex, which can be viewed simply as the demand for parental love, can have a very intense affect in children though less sexual than an adult's emotion. Since the child's first love is directed toward the mother, a girl may also have an Oedipus complex. The complex may involve the child's unconscious wish to kill the father and have the mother to himself. The element of eroticism gains strength with the years, so that the complex assumes the classic form in maturity. If the child cannot free himself from his infantile milieu in the postpubertal period the complex will precipitate a conflict, with possible neurotic disturbances. The now sexually developed libido shapes into the Oedipal "mold," raising fantasies that show the existence of the complex, which until now has been unconscious. Intense resistances to these "immoral" impulses may manifest themselves either in direct violent resistance against the father and affection toward the mother, or by compensation in marked submissiveness to the father and antagonism toward the mother. Sometimes these attitudes alternate. Normally the libido moves outside the family for objects, aided by religion, which leads it away from the infantile objects toward symbolic representations of the past. According to Freud, the Oedipus complex is pushed into the unconscious by a moral repression called the "incest barrier. "
000069 The theory of psychoanalysis. 7. The aetiology of neurosis. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 157-180).
A discussion of the development of neurosis investigates the etiological significance of unconscious determination, conflicts of the present moment. regression of the libido, and the relative weighting of traumatic events and innate characteristics. Unconscious determination is illustrated by the case of the young woman with a hysterical reaction to bolting horses. Freud's theory of infantile sexuality is considered an inadequate explanation of adult neuroses. It is refuted in the doctrine of the "period of sexual latency." This period is really the beginning of sexuality, and everything that precedes it is considered a preliminary stage with no real sexual character. There is little etiological significance assigned to infantile development; the cause of the pathogenic conflict is found more often in the present. Childhood experiences have a significance for neurosis only when they are made significant by a regression of libido, in which the reminiscences determine the form while the present supplies the dynamic element. This reversion to the infantile level is illustrated in the case of two sisters who reacted differently to conflicts presented by approaching marriage. It is concluded that the sole cause of neurosis is neither a traumatic event nor a predisposition, but that both function to produce the condition. Regressive fantasies serve not only as a neurotic substitute for action, but for both normal and neurotic persons as groping attempts to find new ways of adapting to reality.
000070 The theory of psychoanalysis. 8. Therapeutic principles of psychoanalysis. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 181-204).
Some therapeutic techniques are discussed, with emphasis on the dangers and advantages of the use of transference as an instrument in treating neurosis. The analyst's entry into the patient's fantasies serves to bring up these fantasies from the unconscious, and to free the attached libido. This often results in the patient's attaching to the analyst fantasies formerly attached to parent images. Although this transference can be a bridge to reality, the hazard is that it can become too comfortable for the patient. A parallel is drawn between psychoanalysis and religious confession, but the guiding role is rejected for the analyst, as his goal is to educate his patients to become independent. Analysis of the transference must then take place to free the libido completely from fantasy and to overcome the patient's infantile equating of love with demands for attention. The analyst must have gone through psychoanalysis himself, so that his own infantile demands do not identify with those of the patient. The technique of analyzing the transference is the same as in the first stage of the analysis, with dreams now utilized not only to understand the involvement of libido in fantasy, but as a guide to the use of the freed libido. Dreams may be considered subliminal combinations of future events; these future tendencies are elaborated, freeing the patient from the semi-infantile transference and ending treatment. A brief discussion of future uses of psychoanalysis predicts that psychoanalysis will never be polyclinical, and refers to parallels found between the symbols of individual modern people and those found in the history of the human race.
000071 The theory of psychoanalysis. 9. A case of neurosis in a child. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 204-226).
An analysis of an l l-year-old girl is presented as an example of the actual process of psychoanalytic treatment, and a demonstration of regressed libido. The child had a clinical history of nausea and headache that kept her from school, and had also been blackmailed by a little boy who had heard her call her teacher a name. In 10 interviews, the pleasures of staying home from school, the girl's liking for the teacher, and her unhappiness at losing the teacher's esteem were brought out. Also discovered were her concerns with the mysteries of pregnancy and childbirth, fear of her father, experiences with masturbation, and the desire to have a baby herself. An account is given of how the material was drawn from the child, how her dreams were used both in eliciting material and in aiding her self-understanding, and of how the analyst explained the material and its interpretation to the child. In addition, there are extensive comments on the symbolism found in the child's dreams and on philosophical aspects of the analysis that were never mentioned to the patient. Parallels are drawn between mythology and the fantasies of the modern individual. It is suggested that much of this child's difficulty could have been prevented by receiving clear sexual information at home.
000072 General aspects of psychoanalysis. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 229-242).
A discussion of the principles of psychoanalysis suggests that it is now a science, which could be called analytical psychology, that has grown from psychoanalytic techniques. Working through the unconscious rather than the conscious, psychoanalysis attempts to overcome neurotic disorders by relying on clues furnished by the patient. The analysis starts with an examination of the conscious content supplied by the anamnesis. The association experiment is applied in studying the patient's current conscious activity. Examples from the interview of such an experiment are included. The analysis of dreams is considered a valuable instrument of psychoanalysis, but in the early stages of treatment most patients cannot recall enough detail for complete, successful analysis. Patients who do not dream, or who cannot recall their dreams? are usually holding back conscious material. Dream images are interpreted both sexually and as symbols of other areas, and an overtly sexual dream may have other connotations. Freud's concept of the dream as a disguise for repressed wishes is discarded in favor of the idea that the dream is a subliminal picture of the actual psychological situation of the individual in his waking state. The volitional content of the dream. which Freud calls the repressed wish is considered essentially a means of expression. Practical limits to the analyst on his attitude toward the patient and general philosophical aspects of psychoanalysis are included.
000073 Psychoanalysis and neurosis. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 243-251).
Freud's theory of neurosis is reviewed, some aspects of it are questioned, and an energic concept is substituted for the purely sexual point of view. Freud's etiological progress from the early childhood sexual trauma to infantile sexual activity has led to his latest view that the neurotic is fixated to a certain early period and that the main task of treatment is to resolve this infantile fixation. This point of view seems doubtful, however, since in many cases there is no sign of neurosis until the moment of breakdown. It appears, rather, that the neurotic has a congenital sensitiveness causing early resistance to adaptation and that the outbreak of neurosis occurs when a new psychological adjustment is required. When the libido meets an obstacle that seems insurmountable and the individual abandons the task of overcoming it, the stored up libido regresses to an abnormal adaptation. It is still considered important to investigate the infantile sexual fantasies, but they are regarded as symptoms, not causes. The treatment goal is to free the libido from them and to bring it under control of the will.
000074 Some crucial points in psychoanalysis: A correspondence between Dr. Jung and Dr. Loy. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 252-289).
Questions arising during the analysis of Dr. Loy, undertaken to assist Loy in his practice of psychoanalysis, are discussed in correspondence. The topics include the reasons for giving up the cathartic method and suggestion therapy through hypnosis, the relation of these methods to the phenomenon of transference, and ethical questions comparing the conflicts of researcher and physician when one man is both. Psychoanalysis is regarded as a more scientific treatment, but in practice, the method the physician feels will work best with the patient, whether it be hypnosis or full analysis, is the preferred modality. Questions from Loy concerning the role of the psychoanalyst in society, suggesting that he is an educator, are postponed until "a later stage in the analysis," and more study of the literature is recommended. Dr. Loy brings up possible differences in aim for the patient, the patient's need to understand the psychoanalytic method, and the limit of responsibility of the analyst for the patient's future. In commenting on these points, the nature and function of transference are explained' criticizing any interference on the analyst's part with the patient" progress. The positive value of transference is reasserted, relating it to his conception of "biological duties," and the moral question of helping patients to adapt to both their own internal demands and the external requirements of society is discussed.
000075 Prefaces to "Collected papers on analytical psychology." In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 290-297).
Prefaces to the first and second editions of "Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology" concentrate on the attitudinal differences between the Viennese and the Zurich schools of psychoanalytic thought. The Viennese school takes an exclusively sexualistic stand and interprets the psychological symbol semiotically as a sign of primitive psychosexual processes. Its method is analytical and causal. The Zurich point of view is symbolistic, adding a positive, prospective value to the symbol. Its methods are synthetic and prospective. Freud's principle of hedonism and Adler's theory of the power principle are not necessarily unfounded, as both principles operate in everyone, but they are considered incomplete. Finality, in addition to causality, is presented as a psychological principle, and it is pointed out that life will not allow uncontrolled expression of either childish pleasure seeking or childish power seeking. Freud's (Vienna) causality is mechanistic; Jung's (Zurich) finality is teleological and functional. Both views are necessary to understanding psychological functioning, and they are not antagonistic if regarded as regulative principles of thought rather than constituent principles of the process of nature itself. 2 references.
000076 The significance of the father in the destiny of the individual. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 301-323).
Four case histories illustrate the influence of the `'imago" of the father on the lives of the children. As the father's personality is overwhelming in each of these cases, it is postulated that the power derives not from the individual human being, but from the representation in him of a preexistent instinctual model or pattern of behavior, an archetype. This is the imago charged with dynamism that cannot be attributed to an individual human being. The first case, a woman who married a man much like her father and on being widowed remained so for years, provides an example of living out a copy of one's youth. The second case is a man whose life repeats his masochistic homosexual relationship with his father. The third presents a woman who sacrifices all present happiness on the altar of being dutiful to a now dead father. The last case concerns an 8-year-old boy who used bed wetting to separation mother from father. These cases show that the parental influence, even though repressed into the unconscious, directs the maturing mind. The role of the father imago is an ambiguous one, characteristic of the archetype, whose potentialities exceed human capacity in the unconscious. 4 references.
000077 Introduction to Kranefeldt's "secret ways of the mind." In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 324-332).
The historical, social, and philosophical ramifications of psychoanalysis are discussed in an introduction to Kranefeldt's work on psychology. Positive aspects of the development of psychoanalysis include a worldwide interest in psychology, seen in medicine and criminal law, and one negative effect is the decline in religion. Adler's "individual psychology," which has developed into a system of social education, has grown away from Freud's psychoanalysis. Jung's point of view is pluralistic, in contrast to their monistic psychologies. A more positive value assigned to the unconscious leads to a different interpretation of dreams and fantasies, which are seen as creative seeds of the future. The unconscious is the basis of vitality and must be united with the conscious, but Freud's approach, which does not emphasize the unconscious, is not mistaken in cases where consciousness is not firmly established, as in young people. Different stages of psychological development, the concept of extraversion and introversion, and differentiated functions demonstrate the complexity of the psyche.
000078 Freud and Jung: Contrasts. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 4. Princeton University Press, 1970. 368 p. (p. 333-340).
The differences between Jung's views and those of Freud are attributed to differences in their basic assumptions. Jung believes that Freud erred in turning his back on philosophy, whereas Jung takes a positive view of religion, as well as biology and natural science, and is able to incorporate other views within his own. Jung subsumes all forces and drives under the concept of energy, in contrast to Freud's reluctance to admit to any other psychic drive besides sexuality. Freud's preoccupation with biological events is contrasted to Jung's consideration of the life of the spirit, for which he has been accused of mysticism. Freud's superego can be seen, as a matter of fact, as Jehovah dressed in psychological terms. Since the history of man includes the developing of religious functions, the study of religion belongs in the study of man's psyche; for thousands of years of rites of initiation have been teaching a rebirth from the spirit.
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What is it about this snowy Wednesday morning that made me think of the 1950s musical "Oklahoma!" with its irrepressible theme song: "Oh, what a beautiful mornin', oh what a beautiful day!"
Must be something about a fresh snowfall that makes the world a brighter place, or, if we just count our blessings and look around us, we realize how beautiful a place this is.
Certainly this snowy, crisp Vermont morning in mid-April has nothing to do with summertime in Oklahoma, or a cowboy (Curly) wanting to take his sweetheart (Laurie) to a dance at a barn social that night, but the spirit of the day — in fictitious Oklahoma and in yesterday's Vermont — dawned with optimism. Except here we were decked out in three to four inches of velvety snow blanketing the still-brown grass of spring, and covering up (for the moment) the mud and grime and not-yet-picked-up branches.
While Curly's song tells of summer wheat growing as high as an elephant's eye, here we had snow clinging to branches of evergreen trees that drooped to the ground, creating tent-like canopies protecting hidden hollowed spaces inside. Higher up, leafless deciduous branches stood out like the clothed bones of skeletons layered with snow, bent and creating arches over forested mountain roads.
Where I live, the contrast of Lake Dunmore's dark, newly open waters with the whiteness of the landscape added to the drama and punctuated this delightful mix of seasons that is Vermont.
Two days prior, temperatures reached 80 and the community was alive with runners and bikers, T-shirts and shorts. Smiles brightened with the prospect of warmth, sunshine and the promise of summer. We gardened, raked the lawn, started cleaning up winter's debris. We saw the first crocus and green shoots of daffodils breaking through the mulch. We entertained visions of flowering annuals, fresh vegetables and the abundance found at our favorite farmers' markets.
Wednesday's onslaught of wintry snow might be a rude intrusion of that spring reverie, but there are lessons to be learned in acceptance and living in the moment as it is, not as the calendar suggests it might be.
For me, Wednesday dawned with the inspiration to race up to the Snow Bowl, throw skins on my backcountry skis and take a hike to the top for a final run or two down Middlebury's jewel of a ski area. The prospect of the morning exercise, the bracing coolness of the air and the undeniable renewal of the day that a fresh blanket of snow creates was a powerful temptress. Like many a winter's morning, the new snow is like a new canvas on which to paint the day's goals, tasks to accomplish — and joys, an opportunity to begin anew and another day to savor life's adventure.
The morning also refreshed memories of this long ski season, with its early start in late October and full-bore winter by mid-November. We had great early snows by Thanksgiving that lasted through mid-December, until we hit the rain and blizzards of Christmas week and a dry stretch through January into February. It got cold this winter with four or five spells of sub-zero weather, dropping to 20 below zero for days at a time, lasting into late March.
Belatedly, we got feet of snow in several back-to-back storms creating some of the best March skiing the state has seen in several years. On the backside of Mount Mansfield, there was knee- to thigh-deep powder in the woods, creating some epic Eastern skiing through the steeper, narrow chutes on either side of Smugglers Notch. Ski areas will have been open for close to 180 days this winter by season's end.
For mogul skiers, the past weekend with temps in the 50s and low 60s was beyond compare. Big bumps half the size of a grown man, but soft and pliable, just right to bust through, or bounce off the top from mogul to mogul down the fall line. It's tough on older knees, but the spirit of those beautiful days is a powerful narcotic and painkiller — at least in the moment.
Perhaps the gift of skiing (or any other outdoor sport) in a long Vermont winter is that it creates the right frame of mind for cold, snowy days. You learn to look forward to them with the eagerness of a kid greeting the first snowfall of each winter — the chance to throw snowballs, build a snowman or an igloo, sled and romp in this playground that is continually refreshed throughout the season.
That's looking at the glass half full, or a bit fuller.
Yet, for all my enthusiasm, I didn't make it up to the Snow Bowl bright and early this morning; nor did I see kids in yards romping in the snow; and not a single snowman in a yard.
No doubt it's time for spring flowers.
But it's also undeniable that Wednesday was a beautiful morning in Vermont and, with the right frame of mind — if we focus on our assets instead of our liabilities — we can sense, as Curly did, "a wonderful feeling that everything's going (our) way."
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Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return. On the way to the room, the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people, so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now, each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29. Where is the remaining dollar?
Count how much money each person started with and how much each person ends up with.Answer
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Ezra Cooley with Jahob and Red as traveling companions pass through Green River on their way cross country to New York and beyond. |
Ezra Cooley, 26, recently rode through Green River accompanied by his traveling companions Jahob and Red. Cooley is embarking on a cross country horseback journey from California to New York. Upon arriving in New York he'll board a ship for Spain, then on to Africa. Finally he'll undertake Australia, Alaska and British Columbia. From Canada he'll travel another 1,200 miles to return home to California.
Cooley is a rodeo star and western reenactor. He is raising money on his journey through his website to help children with cancer. As Cooley passed through Green River he talked to many local people to raise awareness for his cause. Cooley was short on food for the horses as they passed through town and Terry Coppin and Fran Brown from the Green River Riding Stables and School helped him out with some grain.
Cooley said it took a long time to get from Richfield to Green River. He was unaware of the large expanses of desert and said he may have chosen another route if he had known. Nevertheless he persevered until arriving in what appeared to be an oasis in the desert. He was glad to see Green River, a motel and a hot meal and shower. After his brief stay in Green River he headed towards Grand Junction. Upon arriving in Grand Junction Ezra met some new friends, Ben and Marty Lenard. They had this to say about Ezra.
"Ezra Cooley and his best friends, Red and Jahob, rode into Grand Junction on June 10 and greatly touched our lives. A neighbor of ours, after talking to Ezra as he rode down F Road, came to us to ask if we would pasture the horses for the night. We were blessed to have Ezra and the horses spend two nights with us. Ezra went to church with us, was guest of honor at a picnic Sunday afternoon, entertained our two grandchildren with his wit and horse tricks, and made a wonderful impression on all who met him. My husband, Ben, even saddled up his horse and rode about 35 miles with Ezra on June 12 as the expedition continued towards Collbran, Colo. Ezra is such a calm, patient, intelligent, focused man, totally dedicated to his dream of riding around the world. In his humbleness, Ez puts the needs of his horses before his own needs. He truly has a way with, and heart for, children making it easy to see why he chose to raise funds for the National Children's Cancer Society. We can't say enough about this exceptional man. In just two days he became, and always will be, a part of our family. Our prayers will continue with him for the duration of his journey and after. We hope to be able to get to see him again when his passion has been fulfilled.
"If you have the opportunity to visit with Ezra as he rides along, share all you can with him, but know you will be the one receiving. We would recommend highly donations to the National Children's Cancer Society. Let's pray that an international sponsor will step up and do right in sponsoring this amazing endeavor," said Ben and Marty Lenard.
Anyone wishing to follow along with Ezra on the website or make a donation can go to ezrasexpedition.com
Cooley has been traveling since early February and expects his around the world journey might take up to six years. It has been a dream of his to cross each continent on the same horse. Cooley relies on the kindness of strangers for board and breakfast and along the trail he pitches his tent. He tries to avoid major highways and travels along backroads where possible. His average is 20 miles a day and sometimes he and his horses will stay a couple of days to rest up before hitting the trail again.


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Researchers from Delft University of Technology and the FOM Foundation (Fundamental Research on Matter) have successfully measured transport through a single atom in a transistor. This research offers new insights into the behaviour of so-called dopant atoms in silicon. The researchers are able to measure and manipulate a single dopant atom in a realistic semi-conducting environment. The individual behaviour of dopant atoms is a stumbling block to the further miniaturisation of electronics. The researchers have published their findings in the Physical Review Letters.
The electronic industry uses a semiconducting material, dominantly silicon, that contains dopant atoms. This 'contamination' is necessary for giving the silicon the desired electronic characteristics. Owing to the continuing process of miniaturisation, a situation has arisen in which the characteristics of two chips, despite both being manufactured in a totally identical way, still differ from each other. The number of dopant atoms per transistor has in fact become so small (only a few dozen) that they can no longer be regarded as a continuum. The position and effect of each individual atom influences how the entire transistor works. Effectively, this means that even perfectly manufactured transistors will not behave identically. This is an especially alarming situation for the electronics industry, which has already been feeling the pinch for a number of years.
Researchers Sellier, Lansbergen, Caro and Rogge of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft and the FOM Foundation have successfully managed to measure a single dopant atom in an actual semi-conducting environment. The researchers, who work in the Photronic Devices, transported a charge through one atom. Moreover, they successfully measured and manipulated the quantum mechanical behaviour of a single dopant atom. They were able for example to place one or two electrons in a particular shell of the atom.
The Delft researchers used an advanced industrial transistor (a MOSFET), which was made as a prototype by IMEC, a research centre in Leuven, Belgium. In this transistor, which consists of approximately 35 nanometre-wide silicon nanowires, the electrical current flows through a single dopant atom (in this case, arsenic). The nanowire is connected to a 'gate'; by applying a voltage to the gate, the researchers enable the electrons to flow through the arsenic atom (from the 'source' to the 'drain'). By detailed measurements of the electrical current's behaviour, researchers can observe the remarkable effects.
This research however does not offer an immediate solution to the problems previously mentioned relating to miniaturisation, but it does provide the industry with greater insights into the (quantum mechanical) behaviour of transitions on the nano level. The research conducted at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft is also extremely interesting from a purely physics point of view. The transistor that was researched not only provided new insights into the atomic physics occurring inside a solid, but this also resembles a structures that is needed to build a certain type of quantum computer. This still purely theoretical computer--the Kane design--is based on dopant atoms in silicon. One of the advantages of using dopants in silicon is that the realization of such a quantum computer can rely on the extremely well developed silicon nanotechnology.
H. Sellier, G. P. Lansbergen, J. Caro, and S. Rogge, N. Collaert, I. Ferain, M. Jurczak, and S. Biesemans, "Transport Spectroscopy of a Single Dopant in a Gated Silicon Nanowire", Physical Review Letters volume 97 issue 20, page 206805, 2006. See http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.206805


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Has Your Saturn Been Recalled?
With a several General Motors recalls underway - especially ones for the Saturn Ion, Outlook, and Sky - I've received emails from quite a few folks who are concerned that their vehicles might be impacted. If you haven't received a letter in the mail from GM and you are worried, General Motors has set up an online database that's searchable by VIN.
Installing Eibach Springs, Drilled and Slotted Rotors on a 2007 Saturn Aura
This is my first write up so keep that in mind if I leave some stuff out, just ask. Jack the car up. And if you don't have shade, make your own like I did. Take the rear wheel off first. Remove the caliper. I used a cut coat hanger to hang the caliper out of the way for the rest of the brake removal. The smaller bolts are for the caliper, the pink colored bolts hold the bracket on.
2011 Buick Regal Improves on the Aura
I went with my friend to test drive a 2011 Buick Regal. This is the car that would have been the '11 Saturn Aura. It is a beauty. I rode in it, and I consciously chose not to drive it since I was afraid it might be an expensive test drive. While I think my 2009 Aura XR 4 is a great car, the Regal is definitely a significant upgrade.
What's a Good Price for 2009 Saturn Aura?
I just saw some used 2009 Saturn Auras with more than 36,000 miles on them for sale at Hertz Rental for $11-12k. Of course, these cars have been driven beyond the basic General Motors 36k mile warranty. My question is, are these vehicles still good deals if I buy an extended warranty?
Saturn Brochure Covers: 2010
A few days ago we took at look back at some of the first Saturn brochure covers. Today we have a sneak peak at what would have been the cover and front spread of the 2010 Saturn brochure. Saturn was reportedly gearing up for a big marketing push in 2010 once the Penske acquisition was completed.
Paging Al Clapsaddle: Huge Incentives Help Build the Case for One Last Saturn Purchase
Unprecedented discounts on the last remaining Saturns present an enticing case to anyone in the market for a new car, especially if you're a Saturn owner. Al Clapsaddle, senior sales consultant at Saturn/West in Ohio, sent me an intriguing e-mail the other day detailing the laundry list of incentives available until November 30 — some of which are over and above those that were advertised nationally at the beginning of the month.
The Last Saturn Sale
- Astra,
- Aura,
- Outlook,
- Sky,
- Vue,
- Cars,
- 2008 Models,
- 2009 Models,
- News Photos
GM Readies New Ads, Deep Discounts to Clear Remaining Saturn Inventory
- Astra,
- Aura,
- Outlook,
- Sky,
- Vue,
- Cars,
- Company,
- 2008 Models,
- 2009 Models,
- Saturn Closing
Automotive News reports that General Motors is preparing what will likely be one last Saturn advertising campaign in an effort to sell the brand's last remaining 9,400 2008 and 2009 models. Susan Docherty, GM's newly appointed vice president of U.S. sales, told the trade publication that "starting next week, we'll have a print campaign which features that product. In the next 90 days, we'll have cleaned up that inventory. I'm not worried about it at all."
It Could Be Time to Buy a Saturn
Jessica Anderson from Kiplinger's Personal Finance: If you're in the market for a new car, GM's loss could be your gain. Saturn's dealers have until the end of October 2010 to close, now that a deal has fallen through to sell the car line to the Penske Automotive Group. But many showrooms could close by January because inventory is low. That means the sooner you shop, the better your choices.
Report: GM Stopped Production of all Saturns Last Thursday
David Thomas from Cars.com: Current owners' warranties are still fully backed by GM and will be serviced by other GM brand dealerships — Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick. As of September 1, Saturn's total inventory was 14,700 units, according to Automotive News data. Saturn representatives say there is an inventory of 12,000 vehicles on dealer lots and in transit.
Random Article from the SaturnFans.com Archives
Saturn Revs for the Future with Performance-Oriented ProductsDespite a lack of new product during the late 1990's, Saturn is working hard to re-establish itself as a 'different' manufacturer of class-leading, import-fighting vehicles. Unlike Saturn's first ten years when General Motors starved retailers of new product, Saturn's next ten years promise to be quite the opposite - a variety of exciting new models are planned for the future. |


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Tonia is an Italian jewellery maker and aspiring children's book illustrator. I hope you find her work inspiring, despite the fact that the work I've selected to show here is not illustration. Tonia is inspired by Japan, and it shows in her work, which is an interesting blend of manga and western children's toys. I'm sure there would be a sizeable market for her beautiful jewellery. I'm probably not her target audience (30+ male), but I can definitely appreciate what she does!
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Beneath their feet, the river tumbles on its way.
'Ripe strawberries' bellows the trader in the bustling market. 'A pound a punnet'.
The river runs past unnoticed.
'It's your fault' he shouts surveying the damage to his car. 'No, it's yours the other motorist argues.
Close by, fish leap from the trickling water.
'Another bloody truck blocking the road' moans the frustrated driver thumping his steering wheel. A cacophony of car horns fills the air.
Alongside, a mother duck travels downstream, in her wake a line of frantically paddling ducklings.
A train crosses the metal bridge its wheels noisily click-clacking on the tracks.
Below an angler tugs his bowing rod as he retrieves his catch.
A sudden downpour; leaden raindrops roar as they bounce from the road.
A thousand silver coronets jump from the surface of the river, then all is calm again.
In the park a brass band plays, cymbals crash, drums beat and bugles boom.
A swan glides serenely past unmoved by the efforts of the bandsmen.
A songbird sings and a woodpecker rat-a-tats.
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How The Economic Crisis In Venezuela Is Affecting Everyday Life: There Is No Flour, No Oil, No Sugar
The neighborhood of Santa Cruz in Caracas had not seen corn flour in months … until Thursday, when the staple product finally reached grocery stores in the area. It did so quietly – residents found out by seeing their neighbors carrying bags of flour home. It is common practice in Caracas: keep an eye on what everybody carries, because it might bring good news.
The economic crisis in Venezuela, which has been crippling the country since the death of Hugo Chávez in March, has translated to a continual lack of basic goods: oil, milk, sugar, toilet paper and the aforementioned flour. The scarcity average in Venezuela now stands at a whooping 20 percent – a number that had not been reached in four years, according to the Central Bank of Venezuela. "A normal number is 5 percent," economist Ángel Ayalón told Spanish newspaper El País. In September, Venezuela's scarcity rate reached 21.2 percent.
The country has entered such a critical state for a combination of factors. Strict control from the government and the underground market, which illegally transports Venezuelan products to Colombia, are the most prominent. The steep devaluation of the local currency is also a concern: the bolivar, with a 31.74 percent drop against the U.S. dollar, is the third-most harmed currency in the world, has not helped either.
The Central Bank's latest report delivers a stark portrait: 71 percent of grocery stores were voided of flour; 86 percent of milk; 85 percent of sugar. Supermarket managers are not allowed to hold stock of any products, lest the government fine them. As soon as new cargo arrives, it has to be sold in one day. This is usually not an issue, since storeowners more often need to impose sales quotas on certain items.
President Nicolás Maduro insists that he is victim of an "economic war" in which businesses refuse to produce the necessary amounts to meet demand, and the opposition leads campaigns to promote consumption that cannot be met.
The minister of food, Carlos Osorio, said on Thursday that during the next several months more than 400,000 kilos of produce will be imported from Nicaragua, Argentina and Brazil.
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If you want to know what an unforgiving place France can be for doing business, especially in difficult economic times, ask Goodyear, the U.S. tire maker.
Since 2007, it has been trying to reconfigure its plant in Amiens, in northern France, which makes low-end tires for passenger vehicles and farm equipment, and has been losing about $80 million per year. But every attempt to change working hours, or seek voluntary redundancies – including as part of a sale – has been met with fierce, and highly effective, resistance. One militant labor union at the plant has essentially managed to veto all management's proposals, often over the objections of other, more moderate unions.
On Thursday, the inevitable happened: Goodyear's French management announced that it planned to shut down the plant altogether, with the loss of 1,173 jobs. "Closing the plant is the only possible option after five years of fruitless discussions," Goodyear's French director, Henry Dumortier, said in a statement. He didn't rule out, however, that there might be a last-minute rescue by a third party. "Goodyear will remain open to initiatives that could be proposed, in the framework of the procedure started today."
(MAGAZINE: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen. But Does the E.U. Really Want Britain to Leave?)
Goodyear's announcement isn't the end of the story, and in fact, might be just the beginning of a new one. That's because in France, where the unemployment rate has been rising for the past consecutive 19 months and now totals about 10.5% of the workforce, layoffs have become the top item on the political agenda, with the government of President François Hollande becoming increasingly involved in trying to block even private companies from cutting staff. Late last year, a succession of ministers attacked a decision by the steel maker Arcelor Mittal to lay off workers at a blast furnace in a case that dominated the headlines for weeks. This week, the Minister of Industrial Renewal, Arnault Montebourg, signaled that the Goodyear case was now a hot national political issue, saying he wanted "to bring everyone around a negotiating table" in order to find a solution other than closure. Adding more spice to the tale is the fact that Hollande actually visited the Goodyear Amiens plant during his presidential election campaign last spring, in a show of support for the workers.
Firing workers or even seeking voluntary redundancies is notoriously difficult in France, where the labor laws run to 3,371 pages – almost four times the volume of the legislation in neighboring Germany, whose workers are nonetheless very well protected. Indeed, the very heaviness and inflexibility of the law is widely seen as a significant competitive disadvantage in France. In the World Economic Forum's "Global Competitiveness Report", for example, "restrictive labor practices" are listed as by far the most problematic factor for doing business in the nation – a finding echoed in other similar surveys.
Goodyear's problems make for a cautionary tale. Back in 2007, management proposed an increase in working hours at the plant in exchange for job guarantees and about $60 million in additional investment. The plant's unions refused, complaining they were being blackmailed. The following year, management sought 400 layoffs. But the CGT union, famous for its militancy, took the company to court arguing that it hadn't correctly followed French procedures – and won. The court invalidated the layoff plan.
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The next step was an attempt by Goodyear to sell off its agricultural tires business at the plant to another U.S. company, Titan International. Some job cuts were part of the deal, and management proposed a voluntary redundancy plan. Titan promised to safeguard the remaining 537 jobs and invest an additional $40 million over three years. But the CGT union again balked, and after eight months of fruitless negotiations, the plan fell through.
With news of the planned closure, some of the other unions at the plant turned on the CGT. "If the CGT had listened to the opinion of the staff about the voluntary redundancy plan, it would have been accepted because it was the least painful solution," said Virgilio Mota Da Silva, representative of a smaller union.
The government now appears to be pinning its hopes on the idea that Titan could again be interested. But after the collapse of the talks in 2011, Titan CEO Maurice Taylor declared publicly that the situation in France was "screwed up" and said: "French workers are very good at what they do when they work but as I told the union personnel, you cannot get paid seven hours for three hours of work."
The saga looks set to continue. With the government swinging into action, it's possible that some solution will be found for Goodyear's workers. But that won't solve the problem that's much bigger for France as a whole: When it's so hard to fire in difficult times, it's not surprising that companies are reluctant to hire in good ones.


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King of the Ants
Don't mistake this release of King Of The Ants with Stuart Gordon's film of the same name! Gordon's movie is a tense, disturbing and oft times frightening crime movie. Michael Arabian and Tedd Taskey's King Of The Ants is a romantic drama about a college football player. They have nothing in common and probably couldn't be more different if they tried.
With that out of the way…
Michael (played by co-director Tedd Taskey of Alien Fury – Countdown To Invasion!) is a young man trying to find himself while going through all the growing pains one normally associates with the college years. Ever since he was a young boy he's wanted to be a football player. He watched every game he could, whether it was on television or down at the local school. He'd even go down to watch the local college team go through their training and practice sessions. It's safe to say he's a football nut and since making the team at his own college, you'd think his lifelong dream would now be coming true.
Sadly for Michael, things aren't quite working out the way that he'd hoped that they would. He's bottom of the barrel material and the coach really isn't giving him much time on the field, instead relegating him to the bench seemingly as often as possible. His family is pressuring him to get his game back and make something of himself but things just are not working out for the poor guy.
Soon, while down in the dumps about his life and his football career, Michael meets a pretty young girl named Brenda (Theresa Sherrer Donovan). The couple soon fall head over heels in love with each other and with Brenda's love and support, Michael soon develops enough of a backbone to tell his family how he really feels about their so called expectations in a blow out with his father. This allows him to look past the yard lines and see that there really is more to life than football and Michael soon learns that Brenda is what he'd been looking for all along.
I don't usually go for either sports films or romantic dramas. I dig on exploitation and horror and action and gratuitous nudity. Those are my hot spots and I'm not ashamed to love the trash. So I really went into King Of The Ants expecting it to be absolutely awful and came away surprised that it wasn't. I can't say I'll be going back to it over and over again as it really wasn't a film geared towards an unromantic anti-jock like me but the movie, as a romantic sports drama, is effective. You care about the characters, the acting isn't bad, and the director captures some of the angst that not fitting in the way you want to in the world of post secondary education can bring down on a young man.
The story isn't groundbreaking or really even revelatory in any way whatsoever but if you are a fan of romantic dramas, this one plays better than your average TV movie of the week material and it's probably worth your time.
The DVD Video:
The fullframe 1.33.1 image has some minor print damage and is a bit shimmery in a few scenes. Other than that, the image is reasonably clean with decent colors and realistic skin tones. The black levels could be a little deeper but at least they don't break up. The shimmering effect is a little annoying though.
Sound:The English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound mix is mostly confined to the front speakers using the rears to fill in some ambient and background noises. Clarity is fine though the mix is predominantly dialogue based which makes it pretty simple. The subwoofer doesn't get much action but at least the clarity of the track is fine.
Extras:There are no extra features at all, the only thing the disc has besides the 'play' option is chapter selection.
Final Thoughts:For fans of this type of material, King Of The Ants is worth a rental. Vanguard has done a decent job on the DVD in the audio and video department and while the lack of extras is disheartening, those whose ears are perked by the plot description should probably give it a shot. Just make sure you don't confuse it with the Stuart Gordon movie – because if the idea of a romantic football film does perk your interest, you'll probably hate that movie.
Ian lives in NYC with his wife where he writes for DVD Talk, runs Rock! Shock! Pop!. He likes NYC a lot, even if it is expensive and loud.
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Digital Library's New Intern is History Buff
Jean Turner is Falvey Memorial Library's Digital Library intern for the spring semester. A graduate of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, she has a bachelor's degree in history with a minor in anthropology. As an undergraduate, Jean worked in the college archives.
Jean is in the process of applying to library science and graduate history programs. Meanwhile, in addition to her Falvey internship, she also works at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Jean says she acquired her interest in history from reading Victorian and Edwardian historical fiction. Her hobbies are singing in her church choir, playing with her two dogs and having brunch with friends. She also played rugby as an undergraduate.
A native of Havertown (Pa.), Jean first came to Villanova University for her high school graduation ceremonies. Her next visit to campus was for her internship job interview.
The Digital Library intern position requires experience in the digital library field and familiarity with general library activities, cataloging procedures and working with historic artifacts.
Article and photograph by Alice Bampton
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A pre-emptive military strike may be among the "pretty severe things" President Donald Trump says he is considering for North Korea, but it's a step so fraught with risk that it ranks as among the unlikeliest options.
Even a so-called surgical strike aimed at the North's partially hidden nuclear and missile force is unlikely to destroy the arsenal or stop its leader, Kim Jong Un, from swiftly retaliating with long-range artillery that could kill stunning numbers in South Korea within minutes.
An all-out conflict could then ensue. And while Trump's Pentagon chief, Jim Mattis, says the U.S. would prevail, he believes it would be "a catastrophic war."
In Poland on Thursday, Trump said the time has arrived to confront North Korea.
"I don't like to talk about what I have planned, but I have some pretty severe things that we're thinking about," the president said. "That doesn't mean we're going to do them."
Trump didn't mention which "severe" options he is weighing following North Korea's July 4 test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The administration has been reviewing its overall North Korea policy for months, having declared earlier attempts at "strategic patience" with the North to have failed. The administration has spoken about starving North Korea of cash for its nuclear program and getting other countries to add diplomatic and economic pressure.
But Trump and his aides have not have ruled out the possibility of war with an adversary that is openly defying U.N. Security Council resolutions and threatening the United States.
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"It's a shame that they're behaving this way," Trump said, "but they are behaving in a very, very dangerous manner and something will have to be done about it."
Trump was referring to North Korea's test-launch Tuesday of an unarmed ballistic missile that for the first time demonstrated the range needed to reach U.S. soil. The ICBM was launched on a lofted trajectory so that it fell short of Japan. U.S. analysts calculated that if it is launched on a standard attack trajectory, the missile could reach Alaska. With further testing, they say, North Korea will achieve even longer ranges.
The missile launch created a new reality for the U.S. and its South Korean and Japanese allies, which already are in range of the North's missiles. With a population of more than 20 million, Seoul is in easy range of North Korea's massive array of artillery guns north of the Demilitarized Zone that forms a buffer between North and South. Japan could also be a target. Beyond the nuclear threat, the North also is believed to have chemical and biological weapons.
The U.S. has about 28,000 troops in South Korea, and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says about 300,000 U.S. citizens are in Seoul alone. Dunford predicted June 12 that war casualties would be heavy — "and many of those casualties will be in the first three, five, seven days of the war where all those people in the greater Seoul area (are) exposed to the North Korean threat that we will not be able to mitigate initially."
Mattis told a House committee last month that if it came to a fight, the U.S. and its allies would prevail, but at a cost that is difficult to imagine.
"It will be a war more serious in terms of human suffering than anything we've seen since 1953," he said, referring to the final year of the Korean War. Then, U.S. forces siding with South Korea fought North Korea to a stalemate. It was an era when the North had no nuclear or chemical weapons.
Trump has said he will not allow North Korea to achieve what it calls its ultimate objective: a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching the United States. Although the North has now shown it can reach U.S. soil, it probably isn't capable yet of arming such a missile with a nuclear warhead. If allowed to stay on its current course, analysts say, the North probably will reach its goal within a few years.
In an impromptu encounter at the Pentagon on Thursday, Mattis told reporters that this week's missile launch didn't threaten the U.S. He said it doesn't change the administration's determination to pursue diplomacy to resolve the nuclear threat, but he suggested North Korea might eventually push too hard.
"Any effort by North Korea to start a war would lead to severe consequences" for that country, he said.
Mattis said the North's intercontinental missile capability doesn't "in itself bring us closer to war."
Trump, he said, has been clear "we are leading with diplomatic and economic efforts."
As of Thursday there were no outward signs of U.S. moves to put more air, ground or naval forces in South Korea.
Bruce Bennett, a North Korea expert at the Rand Corp., a federally funded think tank, said a fully effective U.S.-led bombing campaign would require precise intelligence about the locations of the North's nuclear and missile storage and launch sites, a number of which are dug into mountainsides.
"We don't know where they all are," he said. "Even if you knew where they all are, you're going to take potentially weeks of bombing to take those things all down."
In the meantime, the North would certainly respond with its large and well-armed military, he said.
"North Korea has been very clear that if you (attacked) even one of those facilities, they are going to significantly escalate in response," Bennett said. "They have threatened to turn Seoul into a sea of fire."
Associated Press writers Lolita C. Baldor and Richard Lardner contributed to this report.


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4x100 Relay Gold 'Australia's To Lose'
Jul 19, 2012 - Craig Lord
One Missile, One Rocket, One Targett and One Chef to make the Aussie broth boil beyond the mighty United States for gold in the 4x100m freestyle for the first time since Thorpey out-touched Hall Jr and had his teammates smashing guitars on the burning deck at Sydney 2000.
Relay gold is Australia's to lose, relay team coach John Fowlie told the media at the holding camp in Manchester: "stupid'' technical or tactical mistakes is what could let the US and the likes of France, Russia and set fire to a paper exercise that grants the Dolphins a massive advantage going into the Games in London.
James Magnussen, 47.10, James Roberts, 47.63 lead the way for Australia, with Matthew Targett at his best this season and foodie Eamon Sullivan close to best ever too (in textile) - but an analysis of paper possibilities that take into account career bests, as opposed to what we've seen so far this season, makes the race much closer and supports Fowlie's view that small mistakes will cost Australia big time.
Here's how the top three quartets stack up with their best career textile times (names based on top 4 available in London per nation):
Shiny suits in 2008 undoubtedly contributed to the fastest 100m relay split ever seen - Lezak's triumphant 46.06, the sweep past Bernard, Phelps' eight golds alive in Beijing. But Lezak has a very fine record for serving his team and country better than he serves himself in solo events: even in textile he is the best America has ever had - 47.32 at Melbourne 2007 world titles.
The top five textile splits ever:
Next on the list is a 47.20 from one Ian Thorpe at Pan Pacs in 2002
On the day, Fowlie, personal coach to Roberts, believes, Australia will win if it makes no mistakes: "I really do believe if we do our job and swim to our potential, the gold medal's ours. It's just really making sure we don't do something stupid and screw it up."
He did not rule out the possibility of Magnussen blowing off the cobwebs in heats - and hinted that Missile and Rocket may well be used up front in the final to get the Australians way out front. "Traditionally, the men's 4x100 it's catch me if you can," Fowlie told reporters.
Meanwhile, Commonwealth Games golden girl and near-miss at Shanghai 2011 world titles Alicia Coutts, also under Fowlie's guidance, has asked not to be considered for the heats of the 4x100m freestyle. Conscious that a big multi-event programme, one that worked well in Commonwealth waters, cost her dearly in Shanghai, Coutts wants to focus purely on the 100m butterfly and 200m medley. The 4x100m free coincides with heats and semis of the 100m butterfly, in which Coutts is a medal chance.
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Orcs Must Die! is a favorite of mine, so when it was announced that Orcs Must Die! 2 would have co-op, you can imagine my excitement. As with most great sequels or expansions, OMD2 doesn't change any of the things that people liked about the first game. Instead, it enhances the original experience by adding more choices, customizability, and variation. I'm getting ahead of myself, though. Let's start off with the basics.
OMD2 takes place just a few days after the first game. It features our trusty (if a little empty between the ears) War Mage who's joined by a new character, the Sorceress. Any combination of these characters can be played in 2-player online co-op, whether it be a war mage and a sorceress, two war mages, or two sorceresses. Creating a co-op game is a snap, just create a party from the mode/level selection screen, invite your buddy, then go about choosing your mode and level as per usual. In-game voice chat is fully supported within the game, or if you want to be old school, there's a chat box readily at hand.
The core goal of the game still remains true to the original - it's very much a tower defense and action hybrid in which you'll be repelling waves of enemies and stopping them from reaching a certain point on the map. The beauty comes from the strategy elements, what and where you place in the levels to stop those nasty orcses. The fun comes from the quick trigger fingers of your characters blasting said orcses to pieces.
The war mage and sorceress share access to many of the same tools, but the difference is not merely cosmetic. The war mage boasts more health while the sorceress possesses a larger mana pool and they each have a unique weapon: the war mage gets a shotgun which can fire bouncing grenades while the sorceress can wield a wand with the capability to charm an enemy for a short duration. They each also have two unique traps. Only the war mage can set tar pit and arrow wall traps, but only the sorceress can employ ice vent and acid sprayer traps. These differences provide a nice sense of variation between the characters, but since they share joint access to the remaining unlockable 10 weapons, 26 traps, and 8 trinkets, I doubt players will ever feel they somehow picked the weaker character.
The spellbook in OMD2 has been greatly expanded from OMD. It features five different tabs, the first one being "My Gear," which simply details one's unlocked items. The other 4 tabs are the unlockable items of the game: traps, weapons, trinkets, and vanity gear. Traps and weapons are fairly straight forward, and players will recognize a return of many old favorites from the first game. Vanity items are alternative skins for your character. Trinkets are new to OMD2. and feature both passive and active (with a cooldown) effects. If the trinket active empowers a hero, such as a heal or a shield, it also bestows it on the other co-op player in a game. Traps, weapons, and trinkets can also be upgraded once unlocked, boosting potency or giving them one of two unique effects. This is a nice way play to your strengths and personal play style, and can even provide some cooperative phenomena ("you're upgrading barricades? Okay, I'll upgrade archers!").


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Visitors will enjoy tree-lighting ceremonies, dessert decorations, elves tucking kids into bed and more
To kick off the holiday season, the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel is offering a variety of festive events and activities throughout December with two special guest hosts. Like many other holiday travelers, Santa and Mrs. Claus are jetting off to Florida to escape the cold, and once again have decided to spend their vacation at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel.
Families can enjoy a unique holiday experience away from home at the Epcot resort area hotel, mingling with a tropically clad Santa, lighting the tree with Mrs. Claus and even getting tucked in by one of Santa's elves.
This year's holiday happenings at the hotel include:
- Santa and Mrs. Claus Meet 'n Greets Select nights throughout December, Santa and Mrs. Claus, decked out in their vacation attire, will meet with guests in Santa's customized Tiki hut. The hut features reindeer, palm trees and flamingos, making it a photo opportunity like no other. Plus, with Santa in such a relaxed state of mind, he might even be willing to grant more gift requests for those brave enough to ask!
- Life-Size Chocolate Santa Constructed entirely of chocolate, this life-sized sculpture of Santa weighs in at approximately 1,200 pounds! The sculpture, created by the hotel's executive pastry chef Laurent Branlard (the only two-time world pastry champion), will be on display in the lobby of the Swan during the month of December. It will also include a chocolate fireplace, chocolate Christmas tree and chocolate toy train.
- Bedtime Elf Tuck-ins Even after Santa's elves have finished making Christmas presents, their work isn't finished! On Christmas Eve, the elves will visit children staying at the hotel and tuck them into bed before Santa arrives. For those who order this memorable experience, a full-costumed elf will deliver milk, cookies and a plush toy to the room, read a bedtime story and tuck the children into bed. Reservations are required and space is limited for this exclusive Christmas Eve service.
- Holiday Entertainment On select nights, the hotel will offer special holiday entertainment for visitors. Guests can enjoy beautiful musical performances by carolers, choirs and musicians in the hotel lobbies or on the causeway and other public areas throughout the resort.
- Magic Keys for Santa For children worried that Santa might not know where to deliver their gifts, these magic keys are the perfect solution. Children can hang a magic key outside their guest room on Christmas Eve to ensure that Santa finds his way.
- Tree-Lighting Guests can enjoy a special tree-lighting ceremony in the Dolphin lobby on certain nights in December, hosted by Mrs. Claus herself! Beverages and snacks will be available next to Santa's Tiki Hut.
- Dessert Decorating and Holiday Movies Throughout December, families will be able to enjoy holiday-themed movies on their guest room televisions. Children will also have the chance to decorate delicious holiday sweets in the lobby.
For more details about all the holiday excitement, including a full schedule of activities and prices, at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel or to make room reservations, please visit SantasFavoriteResort.com or call 1-800-227-1500. Overnight rates start at $159 per night.


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On Friday, a verdict in the epic intellectual property case Apple v. Samsung was reached. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA — Samsung owes Apple more than $1 billion in damages for violating Apple hardware and software patents, a California jury ruled on Friday. The jury found that Samsung infringed upon Apple patents having to do with physical design and user interfaces, often willfully, and that several of the South Korean company's products diluted Apple's trade dress, especially as it related to various iPhone models.
The jury did not find that Samsung proved by clear and convincing evidence that Apple's asserted utility and design patents were invalid, as Samsung had claimed, and found that many Samsung products violated those patents.
Though Apple was awarded less than the $2.5 billion it originally sought, this was clearly a resounding win for the company. And it could have far-reaching consequences to the smartphone and tablet industry, ranging from product injunctions, like we just saw happen in South Korea Friday morning, to the need for mobile device makers to overhaul the designs and UIs of their products.
For the '381 patent, which covers the "bounce-back" feature in document scrolling, all applicable Samsung products were found to be infringing for Samsung Electronics Ltd, Samsung Electronics America, and Samsung Telecommunications America, with the exception of the Galaxy Tab under Samsung Telecommunications America. This is a total of 21 smartphones and tablets including the Samsung Nexus S 4G, Galaxy s II (AT&T and i9100), Galaxy Tab, and Galaxy Tab 10.1.
One bit of good news for Samsung: The jurors found that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet did not infringe on any physical iPad design patents, as Apple had claimed.
After delivering its rulings, the jury was excused for approximately 15 minutes while Judge Lucy Koh and lawyers for Apple and Samsung examined the conclusions for any inconsistencies.
The jury reached a verdict after only three days of deliberations, which came as a surprise, given the complexity of the case, which has touched upon everything from device design to the way data is transmitted over a 3G network. Many observers expected the largely non-technically inclined jury to take at least a week to sort through the morass of evidence, arguments, and other information presented over the course of the trial.
Samsung and Apple have been embroiled in a multi-pronged intellectual property battle in courtrooms across the globe for over a year. Apple claimed that Samsung had infringed on patents covering the design of the iPhone and iPad, as well as utility patents over a few iOS user interface features. Samsung said Apple was in violation of its essential 3G transmission patent holdings.
In all counts but the claims about iPad design, the jury ruled overwhelmingly in Apple's favor.


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Félix Córdova DÁVILA, Congress, PR (1878-1938)
Félix Córdova DÁVILA, a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; born in Vega Baja, P.R., on November 20, 1878; attended the public schools at Manati; came to Washington, D.C., and was graduated from National University Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in San Juan, P.R.; judge of the municipal court of Caguas in 1904; judge of the municipal court of Manati 1904-1908; renominated as judge, and also as candidate for the Puerto Rico house of representatives; declined both nominations; district attorney for the district of Aguadilla in 1908; judge of the district court of Guayama 1908-1910; judge of the district court of Arecibo in 1910 and 1911; judge of the district court of San Juan 1911-1917; elected as a Unionist a Resident Commissioner to the United States on July 16, 1917; reelected in 1920, 1924, and 1928 and served from August 7, 1917, until his resignation on April 11, 1932, having been appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of Puerto Rico, in which capacity he served until his death in Condado, San Juan County, P.R., on December 3, 1938; interment in Fournier Cemetery, San Juan, P.R.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Quarterback Matt Barkley says there was a shouting match among players in the Southern California locker room after last season's Sun Bowl loss.
Speaking at the NFL's scouting combine in Indianapolis on Friday, Barkley called the shouting ``normal'' for a football locker room. USC lost 21-7 to Georgia Tech.
Barkley says he and the Trojans' captains never allowed matters to escalate and the upperclassmen had things ``under control.''
Barkley could have left school early last year and been a first-round pick, but he returned for his senior season. Now he needs to show scouts that the injured shoulder that kept him out of the bowl game is healthy.


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Red Sox Rally Vs Rivera, Then Beat Yankees In 10th
Stephen Drew hit a tying single off Mariano Rivera with two outs in the ninth inning, then Shane Victorino lined a go-ahead single in the 10th that sent the Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees 9-8 in a Thursday night thriller.
Down to their last strike against Rivera, the Red Sox rallied in the opener of a four-game series loaded with playoff implications.
It felt like a playoff matchup, too, especially after New York erased a 7-2 deficit with six runs in the seventh. There were plenty of pitching changes and pinch-hitters and a key pinch-runner, plus an outburst - Joba Chamberlain (2-1) was ejected by first base umpire Joe West, who ruled Victorino checked his swing right before the deciding hit.
The Red Sox own the best record in the AL, and won for the 10th time in 12 games. The Yankees had their three-game winning stopped in a loss that dented their push for a wild-card spot. This was the start of an 11-day stretch in which the longtime rivals will face each other seven times.
Jacoby Ellsbury singled with one out in the 10th off Chamberlain and stole second. Victorino held up on a half-swing, West ruled, and lined a single that sent Ellsbury scooting home. Right fielder Ichiro Suzuki made a strong throw, but catcher Austin Romine couldn't handle it.
Craig Breslow (5-2) wound up with the win. He helped himself by picking off Alfonso Soriano at second base with one out in the ninth.
Koji Uehara earned his 18th save, extending his scoreless streak to 26 innings over 23 games.
Rivera entered with an 8-7 lead and got two quick outs. But Mike Napoli singled on a full count and pinch-runner Quintin Berry stole second, continuing to third when Romine's errant throw bounced away. Drew tied and handed Rivera his sixth blown save in 47 tries, a day after the all-times saves leader was needed for four outs.
Lyle Overbay's two-out, two-run single capped a six-run rally in the seventh that put the Yankees ahead 8-7. Down 7-2, New York broke loose against starter Jake Peavy and relievers Matt Thornton and Junichi Tazawa.
The Yankees also stole a season-high six bases.
New York has been charging hard ever since Boston's Ryan Dempster drilled Alex Rodriguez with a pitch in mid-August. This was the first game since that dustup at Fenway Park.
A day after a 20-4 romp over Detroit in which it tied a team mark with eight home runs, the highest-scoring club in the majors kept up the homer barrage behind Will Middlebrooks and Victorino.
Peavy left with two on and none out, and Brett Gardner hit an RBI single off Thornton to get the Yankees to 7-3. Robinson Cano, who drove in three runs, grounded into a bases-loaded forceout that made it 7-4.
Soriano met Tazawa with an RBI single and Curtis Granderson doubled home a run as New York pulled to 7-6. After Alex Rodriguez struck out, Overbay singled cleanly to right field.
Middlebrooks hit a solo homer into the second deck off Ivan Nova for a 3-2 lead in the fourth. Victorino greeted Preston Claiborne with a leadoff homer that began a three-run fifth for a 6-2 lead.
NOTES: Boston LHP Felix Doubront (10-6, 3.89) starts Friday night vs. LHP Andy Pettitte (10-9, 4.01). ... Red Sox RHP Clay Buchholz (neck strain) gave up two runs on four hits and two walks in 3 2-3 innings in a playoff game for Triple-A Pawtucket. It was his final minor league rehab start, and the Red Sox are hoping he can start Tuesday night at Tampa Bay. ... Red Sox C Jarrod Saltalamacchia missed his third straight game because of a sore back. Manager John Farrell said he expected Saltalamacchia to be in the lineup sometime this series. ... Derek Jeter went 0 for 2 with a walk against Peavy. Jeter is 0 for 10 lifetime vs. Peavy, his worst rut against an active pitcher, STATS said; he was hitless in 14 at-bats against former reliever Jorge Julio.
This program aired on September 6, 2013. The audio for this program is not available.